Ultimate Jazz & Blues

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Annotation

One of these "listener-digest" huge budget sets compiling in 30 discs a range of jazz musicians, apparently drawing the takes from public domain material.
If cheap, maybe this is a good dig for absolute beginners who want an overview about things. Amateurs, obviously, stay away.

The Mingus disc consists exclusively of early 1945-49 singles, probably ripped from the (way superior) "West Coast" Mingus late anthology.

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-02 16:04 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Stan Getz
2▶CD: Astrud Gilberto
3▶CD: Django Reinhardt
4▶CD: Sarah Vaughan
5▶CD: Tony Bennett
6▶CD: B.B. King
7▶CD: Ray Charles
8▶CD: Miles Davis
9▶CD: Charles Mingus
10▶CD: John Coltrane
11▶CD: Nina Simone
12▶CD: Buddy Guy
13▶CD: Glenn Miller
14▶CD: Judy Garland
15▶CD: Count Basie
16▶CD: Charlie Parker
17▶CD: Billie Holiday
18▶CD: Benny Goodman
19▶CD: Sidney Bechet
20▶CD: Dizzy Gillespie
21▶CD: Duke Ellington
22▶CD: Ella Fitzgerald
23▼CD: Perry Como
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Till the End of Time
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
Till the End of Time (on 1945-07-03)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye (in 1945)
composer:
Ted Mossman (in 1945)
is based on:
Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
Perry Como3:11
2If I’m Lucky
recording of:
If I’m Lucky
composer:
Eddie DeLange and Josef Myrow
publisher:
Triangle Music Corp. (ASCAP), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd. and Wise Brothers Music LLC
Perry Como2:57
3Bali Ha’i
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
Bali Ha’i (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Perry Como3:33
4If
producer:
Charles R. Grean
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1950-11-28)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1950-11-28)
cover recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
Perry Como3:06
5I Wanna Go Home (With You)
Perry Como2:22
6Sonata
Perry Como3:18
7Some Enchanted Evening
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1949-03-01)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1949-03-01)
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) (on 1949-03-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Perry Como3:29
8A Garden in the Rain
recording of:
A Garden in the Rain
lyricist:
James Dyrenforth (in 1928)
composer:
Carroll Gibbons (in 1928)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Perry Como3:04
9With a Song in My Heart
recording of:
With a Song in My Heart
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Imagen Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Perry Como2:14
10They Say It’s Wonderful
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Co. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Perry Como2:34
11Far Away Places
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1948)
orchestra:
Henri René & His Orchestra (in 1948)
recording of:
Far Away Places
writer:
Alex Kramer (in 1948) and Joan Whitney (in 1948)
publisher:
Laurel Music Corp.
Perry Como3:03
12A Bushel and a Peck
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1950) and Betty Hutton (in 1950)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1950)
recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
Perry Como2:45
13Long Ago and Far Away
recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
included in:
Cover Girl (1944)
Perry Como3:09
14Prisoner of Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1945-12-18)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (on 1945-12-18)
cover recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Perry Como43:31
15Temptation
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Ted Steele and His Orchestra (in 1945)
recording of:
Temptation
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Perry Como2:46
16Blue Room
recording of:
Blue Room
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1926)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1926)
Perry Como3:29
24▶CD: Louis Armstrong
25▶CD: Nat King Cole
26▶CD: Erroll Garner
27▶CD: Lionel Hampton
28▶CD: John Lee Hooker
29▶CD: Muddy Waters
30▶CD: Sonny Terry

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ASIN:UK: B000A2GJA8 [info]